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- This invention relates to a device for measuring the distribution of selected properties in a material, and in particular a device that non-contacting and non-destructively measures the spatial distribution of material properties, such as density, water contents and temperature of materials, by detecting electromagnetic radiation.
- the invention also relates to a method and a system.
- an on-line monitoring of the temperature distribution helps to avoid cold spots where bacteria are not eliminated completely or to reduce the overdue heating time spent to ensure complete bacteria elimination. This results in a reduced heating time and reduced energy consumption as well as in an increased throughput of the production line.
- Material properties are traditionally measured by some form of destruction (sample separation, peeking) but can often be measured by the analysis of transmitted electromagnetic radiation by evaluating the dielectric response of the material. Measurements using electromagnetic radiation are generally contact-free and non-destructive.
- a suitable frequency region of electromagnetic radiation to determine material properties as temperature distribution, water contents and density is the lower microwave region where water absorption is not too large and the wavelength is already short enough to ensure reasonable spatial resolution.
- the determination of the above material properties is achieved by analysing the dielectric response of the material based on the material's polarisability. Dielectric data of a material sample are typically obtained in analysing the electromagnetic wave's reflection and transmission properties or a combination of both. In order to obtain a distribution of the material properties, a three-dimensional image of the material's dielectric response must be measured. This requires to move the microwave detector setup and the material sample relative to each other.
- Prior art instruments make use of either a single measurement frequency or the emission frequency is swept within a frequency interval (FMCW) and the average delay time is calculated from the obtained data.
- FMCW frequency interval
- the electromagnetic picture is used to calculate the unknown dielectric functions in the dielectric picture.
- D is a domain which contains the cross section of the material sample.
- the vector q denotes the source point of the electromagnetic radiation.
- u j ⁇ ( p ) k 2 ⁇ ⁇ D ⁇ G ⁇ ( p , q ) ⁇ j ⁇ ( q ) ⁇ d v ⁇ ( q )
- u j ⁇ ( p ) k 2 ⁇ ⁇ D ⁇ G ⁇ ( p , q ) ⁇ ⁇ b ⁇ u ⁇ ( p ) ⁇ d v ⁇ ( q ) + k 2 ⁇ ⁇ D ⁇ G ⁇ ( p , q ) ⁇ [ ⁇ ⁇ ( p ) - ⁇ b ] ⁇ u ⁇ ( p ) ⁇ d v ⁇ ( q )
- the first term denotes the electric field when the dielectric response of the background is present only
- the second term stands for the fields generated by polarisation i.e. a dielectric contrast.
- the fields when only a background is presented are referred to as incident fields u inc .
- the field at an observation point incident from the radiation source is (according to an article by P. M. van den Berg, B. J. Kooj, R. E. Kleinman, with the title “Image Reconstruction from Iswich-Data III”, published in IEEE Antenna and Propagation Magazine, Vol.41 No.2 April 1999, p. 27–32):
- u j ⁇ ( p ) u j inc ⁇ ( p ) + k 2 ⁇ ⁇ D ⁇ G ⁇ ( p , q ) ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ( q ) ⁇ u j ⁇ ( q ) ⁇ d v ⁇ ( q )
- G denotes the two-dimensional Green's function of the electromagnetic problem
- G ⁇ ( p , q ) i 4 ⁇ H 0 ( i ) ⁇ ( k ⁇ ⁇ p - q ⁇ ) and the polarisability function ⁇ depends on the dielectric function of the material ⁇ and the background ⁇ b in the following way:
- ⁇ ⁇ ( p ) ⁇ ⁇ ( p ) - ⁇ b ⁇ 0
- a device has been designed to measure the spatial distribution of the temperature, water contents and density distribution in a material based on the dielectric and magnetic information contained in transmission measurements obtained using microwave radiation.
- This invention covers two methods to resolve such information from measured data:
- the temperature, density and water contents profile can be obtained by interpolation between a set of previously measured material samples where the profiles are known in advance. There the measurement result is found by a best fit to the interpolation database.
- the instrument proposed here may only use one mechanical scanning dimension. Due to the usage of a multi-channel antenna and a multitude of frequencies, a two-dimensional cross-section of the dielectric picture is obtained. This calculation process involves a novel method related to contrast source iteration where the location and strength of polarisation sources are obtained in an iterative process based on transmitted electromagnetic field measurements at a multitude of frequencies. Thereby the antenna patterns must be frequency dependent and they are assumed to be directed in cross section of the sample allowing an essentially two dimensional approach.
- regions where the dielectric properties are at first order constant are obtained by an e.g. evaluating video pictures taken from at least two different points of view with overlapping image region. From these video pictures a reasonable guess of the material sample's dielectric structure is made.
- ultrasound images can be used for the same purpose or a three dimensional image of the material sample may be stored in a memory.
- the object with the invention is thus to provide a device that measures the spatial property distribution in a non-contacting and non-destructive way.
- An advantage of the invention is that it provides on-line fast measurements of spatially resolved material parameter distributions by means of a combined application of microwave reflection and transmission measurements and a three dimensional contour of the material.
- the accuracy of the measurement is checked by means of calibration samples with known constituents and known temperature profile which are measured at regular intervals. Thereby it is sufficient to perform invasive temperature measurements after the sample has been measured at different points of the sample and compare them to the instrument's findings. As a additional verification process the same procedure can be repeated when the sample has e.g. cooled down.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a first embodiment of a device according to this invention.
- FIG. 2 is a chart indicating a dielectric model for chicken anticipated for reduction of the amount of unknown variables of the sample's dielectric behaviour.
- FIG. 3 is a chart indicating a dielectric model for bread anticipated for reduction of the amount of unknown variables of the sample's dielectric behaviour.
- FIG. 4 illustrate a cross section of a bread loaf, where the dielectric model from FIG. 3 is mapped.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic chart indicating the evaluation process in order to obtain moisture, density and temperature data from dielectric properties.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a second embodiment of a device according to this invention.
- FIG. 7 is a flow chart of the whole calculation process.
- the primary elements of a measurement device 10 are a microwave generator 11 , a transmitting antenna 12 , a receiving antenna 13 , an analyser 14 . These elements work together to analyse the distribution of material properties (such as water contents, density and temperature) in a material sample 16 .
- the sample is carried on a conveyor means 17 , which may consist of a slide table mounted on a linear motor, and is arranged in a measurement gap between said transmitting antenna 12 and receiving antenna 13 .
- the generator 11 is connected to the transmitting antenna 12 and generates electromagnetic radiation, which is transmitted from the transmitting antenna 12 towards the receiving antenna 13 .
- the material sample 16 is placed between said transmitting antenna 12 and said receiving antenna 13 , which indicate that at least a part of the transmitted radiation passed through the material sample 16 .
- the electromagnetic radiation is transmitted in the form of signals 18 , each having a first amplitude and phase, and a different frequency within a frequency range.
- the generator 11 is also connected to the analyser 14 , and information regarding the amplitude and frequency of each transmitted signal 18 is sent to the analyser 14 .
- the transmitted signals 18 pass, at least partially, through the material sample 16 and are received by the receiving antenna 13 as receiving signals 19 each having a second amplitude and phase, which may be different from the first amplitude and phase, for each different frequency.
- the receiving antenna 13 is connected to the analyser 14 , which receives information regarding the received signals 19 .
- the analyser 14 compares the amplitude and phase of the transmitted signal with the corresponding amplitude and phase for the received signal, for each transmitted frequency.
- Each transmitting antenna 12 is designed to emit electromagnetic radiation of a set of selected frequencies partially impinging on and flowing through the material samples 16 .
- Each receiving antenna 13 is designed to receive electromagnetic radiation emitted from any transmit antenna 12 and at least partially transmitted and reflected by the material sample 16 .
- the receiving antenna 13 may be set up at one or more positions enabling to scan the material sample 16 .
- the analyser 14 acts as interface between the raw data and the user.
- the output of the analyser 14 consists of a three-dimensional picture of the material sample's properties as density, water contents and/or temperature.
- Information about the microwave attenuation and runtime (or phase and damping of the microwave power wave) between the transmitting antennas 12 and receiving antennas 13 are calculated in the analyser 14 . For each frequency of the chosen frequency set and for a chosen set of transmitting-/receiving antenna pair and at a fixed point on the material sample 16 such a calculation is performed.
- the shape of the material sample 16 is known, and a three dimensional image of the material sample is stored in a memory 15 connected to the analyser 14 .
- the three dimensional image may be used to calculate cross-sectional images for each measurement position of the material sample on the conveyor means 17 .
- Examples of a material where the three dimensional image is known are fluids passing through the gap in a tube or samples having a defined shape, such as candy bars.
- the results of the damping and phase measurement, for all frequencies, are used to determine an electromagnetic picture, which is obvious for a person skilled in the art, and since this is not an essential part of the invention these steps are not disclosed in this application.
- the position information from the memory is saved as a three dimensional surface position data set describing the three dimensional contour of the material sample 16 .
- the material properties (such as water contents, density and temperature) in a material may be obtained by interpolation of the material property distributions in the following.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a model for chicken 20 and FIG. 3 illustrates a model for bread 30 .
- Each model comprises several regions 21 , 31 , where the dielectric function is assumed to be constant.
- the number of regions in the models may be adjusted, even during the process of obtaining the material properties, to obtain a smooth, but not too smooth, curve for the dielectric constant as a function of x and y co-ordinates, ⁇ (x,y).
- the regions in FIG. 3 are divided by concentric circles 32 and a number of mapping points P 1 –P 14 are arranged on the outer concentric circle 33 .
- the distance between each mapping point is preferably essentially equal.
- FIG. 4 illustrates a cross-section 40 of a three dimensional image of the bread loaf together with an x-axis and an y-axis.
- the contour of the bread is indicated by the line 41 , which is derived from the three dimensional surface position data set stored in the memory, and the mapping points P 1 –P 14 in FIG. 3 are mapped upon the contour line 41 .
- the concentric circles 32 in FIG. 3 are adjusted after the shape of the contour which is illustrated by the lines 42 in FIG. 4 divides the cross section of the bread loaf into regions 43 where the dielectric constant is assumed constant.
- u j ⁇ ( p ) u j inc ⁇ ( p ) + k 2 ⁇ ⁇ D ⁇ G ⁇ ( p , q ) ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ( q ) ⁇ u j ⁇ ( q ) ⁇ d v ⁇ ( q )
- G ⁇ ( p , q ) i 4 ⁇ H 0 ( i ) ⁇ ( k ⁇ ⁇ p - q ⁇ ) and the polarisability ⁇ n depends on the dielectric function of the material ⁇ being constant on the region D m and the background ⁇ b in the following way:
- ⁇ n ⁇ n - ⁇ b ⁇ 0
- u ⁇ ( p , f ) u inc ⁇ ( p , f ) + k 2 ⁇ ⁇ D ⁇ G ⁇ ( p , q , f ) ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ( q ) ⁇ u ⁇ ( q , f ) ⁇ d v ⁇ ( q )
- G denotes again the two-dimensional Green's function of the electromagnetic problem
- G ⁇ ( p , q , f ) i 4 ⁇ H 0 ( i ) ⁇ ( k ⁇ ⁇ p - q ⁇ ) and the polarisability ⁇ n depends on the dielectric function of the material ⁇ being constant on the region D m and the background ⁇ b in the following way:
- ⁇ n ⁇ n - ⁇ b ⁇ 0
- a first order approximation for the frequency dependence of the polarisation is obtained by grouping the measurement frequencies in two groups, a group at lower and a group at higher frequencies. The above summarised calculation process is repeated twice and the difference in the obtained polarisation values gives a measure for its frequency dependence.
- ⁇ H2O ⁇ ( T ) ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ( T ) 1 + ⁇ 2 ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ( T ) ( 1 )
- the imaginary part of the dielectric constant Im( ⁇ ) forms a first axis in FIG. 5 and the real part of the dielectric constant Re( ⁇ ) forms a second axis, perpendicular to the first axis.
- the real part is positive and the imaginary part is negative.
- Any material without water content have a specific dielectric constant, so called ⁇ dry , which vary between point 50 and 51 depending on the material, both only having a real part.
- pure water having a temperature of 4° C. has a dielectric constant 52 comprising both a real part and an imaginary part, and when the temperature of the water increase it follows a curve 53 to a point where pure water has a temperature of 99° C. and a dielectric constant 54 .
- the real part of the dielectric constant for materials containing any amount of water decreases with higher temperature and the imaginary part of the dielectric constant for materials containing any amount of water increases with higher temperature.
- the dashed lines in FIG. 5 for water content of 25, 50 and 75%.
- dielectric value 55 is indicated in FIG. 5 .
- the value 55 is situated within a region 56 delimited by the curve 53 , stretching between point 52 and 54 , a straight line between point 54 and ⁇ dry and a straight line between ⁇ dry and point 52 .
- the value of the dielectric constant 55 moves to the left in the graph as indicated by the arrow 56
- the value 55 moves to the right as indicated by the arrow 57 .
- the calculated, or estimated, dielectric constant may be directly transformed into water content and temperature.
- FIG. 6 illustrates a measurement device 60 according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
- This embodiment comprises the same parts as the first embodiment described in connection with FIG. 1 , except that the memory 15 is replaced with a video imaging arrangement comprising two video cameras 61 and 62 , both connected to an evaluation unit 63 , which in turn is connected to the analyser 14 .
- Each video camera 61 , 62 continuously take pictures of the material sample 16 .
- the pictures are sent to the evaluation unit 63 , where a three dimensional picture is created using known techniques.
- the resulting three dimensional picture similar to the one that was stored in the memory 15 in the first embodiment.
- the system gets more flexible and it is possible to use the measurement device on material samples having an unknown shape or even a changing shape depending the water content and/or the temperature.
- the major reason to use video imaging is to reduce the number of unknowns in the calculation process to obtain the dielectric function's distribution in the material sample.
- the obtained reduction in calculation time is necessary (at least in today's available calculation power) to speed up the measurement process.
- the material samples are easily accessible to video imaging. If this is not the case, alternative solutions are ultrasound imaging. If the material samples have a simple geometric form or if subsequent material samples are very similar, no extra imaging is necessary to perform the above calculation process as described in the FIG. 1 .
- the calculation of the dielectric image (of a two-dimensional cross section) of the material sample in the measurement gap is accomplished by solving the previously described inverse scattering problem.
- Both video cameras 61 and 62 image the part of the measurement gap.
- the location of the cameras 61 and 62 are chosen in a way to enable the reconstruction of a three-dimensional picture where the material sample 16 is positioned within the measurement gap.
- a three-dimensional picture of the sample location in the measurement gap is calculated based on images taken by the video cameras 61 and 62 .
- the position information contained in the optical image is used together with a priori knowledge of the material structure the obtain a first guess of the dielectric structure under measurement. This enables to reduce the number of unknowns of the dielectric imaging calculation process drastically (about two orders of magnitude) and to speed up the calculation considerably.
- FIG. 7 show a schematic view of the complete calculation process for the device according to the invention.
- the input data to the analyser comprises the microwave transmission measurements, i.e. information regarding the emitted signals 18 (amplitude and phase for each used frequency) and the detected signals 19 (amplitude and phase for the corresponding frequency). This information is input in the calculation process, 71 .
- Information regarding the image contour of the material sample 16 is also needed and inputted into the process, 72 .
- a predetermined resolution of the image contour is used to start the calculation process. The resolution may be increased or decreased dependent on the calculation results, as described below.
- Information regarding the position of the material sample 16 in the measurement gap is also inputted into the process in 72 .
- the information from 72 is used to establish an object geometry, 73 .
- a model for instance as described in FIG. 3 , is thereafter used to determine regions wherein the dielectric function is assumed of the first order, i.e. constant. The number of regions used is set in the model.
- the selected model in this case model 30 , is used to establish regions in the material sample 16 by adjusting the concentric circles to the result of the object geometry from 73 , which is done in 74 , as described in FIG. 4 .
- Another piece of information is needed to convert the dielectric constant into water content and/or temperature, that is the dielectric constant for the material sample 16 , when there is no water content in the material, ⁇ dry .
- This information may be obtained from literature or from previously made measurements on similar material samples, 76 .
- This information is used to establish the equations defining the relation between the dielectric constant and the water content and temperature, as described in connection with FIG. 5 , 77 .
- the resulting dielectric constant within each region from 75 is thereafter translated (or converted) into water content and temperature, 78 .
- a check is made to determine if the resulting temperature and water contents are reasonable, i.e. the temperature is greater than zero, T>0, the water content is greater than zero, C H20 >0 (i.e. Im( ⁇ ) ⁇ 0) and if the water content is less than 100%, C H20 ⁇ 100%.
- the calculation process is fed back via 80 , where the position of the material sample is updated. If video cameras are used, as described in FIG. 6 , a new image contour of the material sample is used to repeat the steps 74 , 75 and 78 . In the case where the image contour information is previously stored in a memory, as described in FIG. 1 , the calculation process may make a small adjustment to the material size, deform the material contour, translate the material in one direction and the repeat steps 74 , 75 and 78 .
- the process continue to 81 , where the smoothness of the curve describing the dielectric function across the cross section of the material sample is investigated. If the dielectric function is too smooth or not enough smooth, the process is fed back via 82 , where the resolution of the image contour is changed. Thereafter the steps 73 , 74 , 75 and 78 are repeated before the checks 79 and 81 are performed again.
- the process proceed to 83 , where a new dry dielectric constant, ⁇ dry , of the material is calculated depending on the calculated results in the process. If the calculated dry dielectric constant, ⁇ dry , does not correspond with the used dry dielectric constant, ⁇ dry,prior , the dielectric constant is updated in 84 and the translation of the dielectric function in step 76 , 77 and 79 are repeated, before the checks 79 , 81 and 83 are performed again.
- the process presents the results in the form of water content and or temperature at step 85 .
- the calculation process described in FIG. 7 is normally performed for a position of the material sample in the measurement gap.
- the conveyor means 17 on which the material sample 16 is moved to a new position where another measurement is performed.
- the updated information regarding, ⁇ dry , number of regions, position of material, and so on, are used at the next position to speed up the process.
- a multiple of receiving antennas may be used to allow a single processing as described in FIG. 7 , to establish the three dimensional temperature, or water content, distribution within the material sample.
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j(p)=ε(p)·u(p)
where the current density is j, the electric field is u and the dielectric function of the material is ε and of the background is denoted εb. Assume p and q to be two position vectors in a two dimensional cross section of the measurement gap. D is a domain which contains the cross section of the material sample. The vector q denotes the source point of the electromagnetic radiation. Based on that a general relation for the connection between the electric fields in the measurement space is obtained formally by applying the definition of a Green's function for the electric current:
where G denotes the two-dimensional Green's function of the electromagnetic problem
and the polarisability function χ depends on the dielectric function of the material ε and the background εb in the following way:
The values of Fi (r) for the points interior to the region D are only fulfilled approximately. So the above relation has to be solved for a set K of k vectors and a set Q of internal points resulting in a [K·Q]×[K·Q] non-linear matrix problem for the fields Fi(r) and the polarisabilities χ(r).
u=u inc +Gχu
whereas the frequency relation is:
F=Gχu
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- φ=χuinc+χGφ at all Q interior points, for any of the K measurement frequencies
- F=Gφ at a single antenna location, for any of the K measurement frequencies
where G denotes again the two-dimensional Green's function of the electromagnetic problem
and the polarisability χn depends on the dielectric function of the material ε being constant on the region Dm and the background εb in the following way:
where G denotes again the two-dimensional Green's function of the electromagnetic problem
and the polarisability χn depends on the dielectric function of the material ε being constant on the region Dm and the background εb in the following way:
k=2πf√{square root over (ε 0 μ 0 ε r,b μ r,b )}
ε(T,c H2O ,d)=(1−c H2O)·εbasis ·d+c H2O·(εH2O(T)−εbasis ·d) (2)
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